Lower Pottsgrove Police promote officer to detective

LOWER POTTSGROVE — The township police department has a new detective.

On July 13, officer Daniel Kienle started his new role after the appointment was approved by the Board of Commissioners. According to a press release, Kienle’s appointment will fill a vacancy and now the department will have two detectives.

“We have a number of qualified officers who could have been chosen, however Dan has proven his abilities over the past several years and his motivation and professionalism since being assigned as a uniformed investigator over a year ago made him an easy choice,” said Mike Foltz, Lower Pottsgrove Police Chief.

Kienle started in June 2007 as a patrol officer as well as an active member of the Montgomery County Municipal Drug Task Force.

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Before joining the department, Kienleserved in the U.S. National Guard in the Infantry Brigade for six years, according to a press release.

While serving with the National Guard, Kienle was deployed to Kosovo for a NATO peacekeeping mission as well as a humanitarian mission after Hurrican Katrina, according to the press release.

Foltz said the promotion will help keep the department running smoothly.

“We had the homicide case in May, which placed serious demand on our investigative resources. At the same time we began experiencing a series of armed robberies of delievery drivers, then the bank robbery and, in the midst of all of this, several child-abuse and sexual-assualt-related cases,” he said in a press statement.

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